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Re: Xim mouse for Playstation 4. Legal cheat? Why nobody cares?

The problem with that comment is that Apex on console does NOT allow keyboard and mouse use.

Using a Xim is different than than native keyboard support. Xim's are cheat devices aimed at tricking consoles into thinking a controller is used.

It's a massive and unfair advantage, I dont understand how you fail to understand how the use of Xim ruins a shooter that DOES NOT allow keyboard and mouse input.

They are in every game on ps4, 4 out of 5 times my squad is wiped I find out they are mouse players when I decide to spectate their game.

Epic Games have begun clamping down on Xim users and banning them, it seems the folks at Epic Games are several steps ahead of the big game studio's no wonder that Fortnite is as successful as it is.

The people running that game understand how Xim players are ruining the game for everyone with a controller.

2 Replies

full951
7 years ago
mouse and keyboard emulators are very much allowed.
it's not cheating.
epic never has clamped down on any emulator use, and they have never banned anyone for it. please stop lying about that. I know what you read and the "games journalist" who wrote those articles base thier info on post off reddit where information isn't exactly in order all the time. if a single person got banned for using a perifial emulator it would be widely known within hours. it's just never happened.
the likelihood of you even running into emulator user is actually very low despite my previous estimates. since then the makers of Xim have revealed if all their devices sold were used at the same time on Apex it would amount to less than 1% of players. that's not a small number mind you, and only their number, but you are not getting sqaud wiped by emulators constantly. that's just the nature of BR. there's only one wining team each game.
as for it being a massive advantage: it's not, but if you wanna help them move units keep it up.
Bowi_QC
7 years ago
Trust me. A lot cares.